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Fetal thymic organ culture in rotating bioreactors

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Tabourn, B., Spain, L.M. Fetal thymic organ culture in rotating bioreactors. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 35, 4–7 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-999-0034-4

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